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Welcome to Geni's Wiki. It is NOT nearly as active as it used to be, and Geni HAS provided better tools for most of what the Wiki was used for. These tools are better integrated in the actual Geni website.

Create a Surname page, if you want to write-up a specific Family-Name.

Create a Project if you want to write about a specific historical topic, or a group of people. First check out the list of existing projects. There are many of them on practically any topic. The following page explains in greater detail what a Geni Projects are.

The links to these two options can be found at the top of any page on the Geni site, under Research.

If after considering the above, you still want to edit this Wiki, welcome aboard. It's relatively easy. You will need to do the following:

You will need a Wiki account. Please send a message to Wiki Admin, Shmuel-Aharon Kam, and he'll create one for you ASAP.

Genealogy

Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves the collection of the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships among them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. Genealogy is often also referred to as family history, although these terms may be used distinctly: the former being the basic study of who is related to whom; the latter involving more "fleshing out" of the lives and personal histories of the individuals involved.

Genealogy 101 - Tips to help you get started with researching and sharing your genealogy on Geni.